As an unperfect actor on the stage

kenstipe

4-8-2008 10:06 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1a25fb94-8c53-45cc-a3e2-950c954ffbef/7D52A124-24B1-4519-8029-4AB4FE897D04/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/23.html" href="http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/23.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.shakespeare-online.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/23.html"><TR><TH><FONT color="#660099"><B><U>SONNET 23</U></B></FONT></TH></TR><TR><TD align="center">As an unperfect actor on the stage</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">Who with his fear is put besides his part,</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage,</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">Whose strength's abundance weakens his own heart.</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">So I, for fear of trust, forget to say</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">The perfect ceremony of love's rite,</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">And in mine own love's strength seem to decay,</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">O'ercharged with burden of mine own love's might.</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">O, let my books be then the eloquence</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">And dumb presagers of my speaking breast,</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">Who plead for love and look for recompense</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">More than that tongue that more hath more express'd.</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">O, learn to read what silent love hath writ:</TD></TR><TR><TD align="center">To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit.</TD></TR></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7D52A124-24B1-4519-8029-4AB4FE897D04/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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Shakespeare, Sonnet 23